Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Public Administration (compared to male paid employees) by country

Countries reporting
23
Highest
0.0173 compared to male paid employees
Moldova, Republic of
Lowest
-0.334 compared to male paid employees
Armenia, Republic of
Median
-0.1599 compared to male paid employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
262

What the numbers show

Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Public Administration (compared to male paid employees) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 0.0173 compared to male paid employees in Moldova, Republic of; the lowest is -0.334 compared to male paid employees in Armenia, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.1599 compared to male paid employees, and the mean is -0.158 compared to male paid employees.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova, Republic of (up 119.6%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 1,025.6%).

Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Public: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Moldova, Republic of 0.0173 compared to male paid employees 2012 up 119.6% volatile
2 Paraguay -0.0173 compared to male paid employees 2010 up 91.2% volatile
3 Sri Lanka -0.0548 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 65.6% volatile
4 Costa Rica -0.0823 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 16.1% rising
5 Jordan -0.0907 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 42.0% rising
6 Colombia -0.0989 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 55.6% rising
7 Philippines -0.1069 compared to male paid employees 2014 up 32.8% falling
8 El Salvador -0.111 compared to male paid employees 2014 up 13.0% volatile
9 Uruguay -0.1141 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 19.1% rising
10 Guatemala -0.1513 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 1,025.6% volatile
11 Dominican Republic -0.1547 compared to male paid employees 2019 down 10.8% volatile
12 Argentina -0.1599 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 4.4% rising
13 Palestine -0.1621 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 16.0% falling
14 Australia -0.1638 compared to male paid employees 2015 up 33.8% rising
15 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of -0.1708 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 17.0% falling
16 Ecuador -0.1821 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 23.7% flat
17 Pakistan -0.201 compared to male paid employees 2020 down 660.7% volatile
18 Peru -0.2232 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 23.8% falling
19 Chile -0.2465 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 37.0% falling
20 Honduras -0.254 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 121.4% falling
21 Russian Federation -0.2638 compared to male paid employees 2011 up 31.4% rising
22 Brazil -0.3078 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 2.1% rising
23 Armenia, Republic of -0.334 compared to male paid employees 2021 down 0.7% flat

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Indicator
Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Public Administration (compared to male paid employees)
Unit
compared to male paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
23 places, 262 data points, 2000–2021
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